The Silent Wife

With an innocent look on his face, the little boy held the receptionist’s hand as they went into the elevator. Sweetly, he said, “Miss, this building is so tall!”

“Yes, it is. The company’s pharmaceutical branch is on this floor, which is where your mom is,” she replied patiently while pointing at the floor numberings. “The president’s office is on this floor, while the other departments are on the remaining floors.”

Mentally taking note of this, he nodded.

Ding! The elevator had finally reached the floor where Rachel’s office was.

“I’ll go in on my own. Thank you!”

“No, worries, kiddo. Look for me if you have any problems, alright?”

Then, she patted his head before turning to enter the elevator again.

As soon as the elevator went down, he stood on his toes and pressed the button to go upstairs. After that, he entered the next elevator and headed to the floor where the receptionist said his dad would be.

Meanwhile, Charlotte sat down in Rachel’s office and opened her laptop to watch some cartoons.

The door to the office was not shut properly, so she could hear the two workers gossiping from their workstations nearby.

Just as she jumped off the chair to close the door, she froze when she overheard what they were discussing.

“Does Mr. Burton really have a son?”

“I heard him say it himself at the press conference yesterday. Why would he lie?”

“I also saw the news. Are those things online about Amber true? Is she really Rachel’s sister? Did she steal Mr. Burton from Rachel?”

Upon hearing this, Charlotte stayed silent.

In the meantime, Justin was in a morning meeting in the boardroom.

Suddenly, Gloria rushed in after knocking on the door and whispered into Frankie’s ears. Right after, he followed her out of the room.

As Justin listened to the business proposal, he looked outside the glass window to find a child standing in between Frankie and Gloria, who were speaking to each other.

He frowned.

to a quiet corner and asked Gloria, “How did he

was already standing right in front

you bring him here then? Don’t you know where

Beckham. Look at him. He’s clearly Mr. Burton’s son. I’ve seen the news. Where should I

a moment, Frankie could not find the right words to explain

then, a voice sounded

turned his head and

“Mr. Burton…”

what he meant, Frankie and

around, Samuel batted his eyes at Justin before asking in a sweet but clear voice, “Are you

am. You’re

I’m here

phone and unlocked the screen to show Justin. “I

photo of

here to

shook his head. “No. I’m here to thank you for helping Mommy

he was speaking, he took out an exquisite gift box from his little ducky schoolbag. “This is for you. I bought it with the pocket money I saved for a very long

Justin did not reach out

the child was not Rachel’s, he felt hostile toward Samuel because Rachel would rather care for someone else’s

I didn’t

as Mommy described. Stubborn as a

Justin heard this, his expression changed. “Is that what she said

self-righteous, and self-centered regardless of other people’s feelings. You rejected my gift when you haven’t even seen

was adorable, he was a chatterbox that talked

idea what Mommy saw in you. I can’t believe you’re my

“I’m not your dad.”

press?” Samuel stuffed the gift into Justin’s hand. “This

told you that I’m

he was trying to stuff

this point, Samuel was getting irritated. “I said it wasn’t for you! I bought it for my

“She doesn’t need it.”

they bickered, Justin was unaware of his strength and

the gift box fell out. The lid and box